Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler, here greeting fans at a game in July 2000 at Lambeau Field, has gotten an unwelcome greeting from a church that had invited him to speak.

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CHRISTINE BRENNAN
USA Today

Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler sent out a simple tweet Monday afternoon: "Congrats to Jason Collins." It wasn't even a full tweet. It was more of a quick, kind, electronic nod to a man in another sport who had made a big personal decision that became public that day.

One would think that someone saying something nice about a fellow human being would be seen in a positive light by almost anyone in this challenging, sometimes hate-strewn world of ours. In particular, you would guess that those who run our churches and other houses of worship would especially appreciate the kindness of ...